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Joe Manchin: This state of affairs is dangerous and unacceptable, and represents a failure to meet our most basic constitutional…

On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
This state of affairs is dangerous and unacceptable, and represents a failure to meet our most basic constitutional responsibility to provide for the common defense.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Criticizing current defense budget cuts and their implications.

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